Daily Republican., 1887-06-03
Reagan Whlpa EIles.

New YORK, June 2.--After two fail.
ures, one on Sunday and one yesterday
morning, Jack Reagen and Johnny Files
came together last night IN q twenty. four
| foot ring erected In \ dancing pavilion
near Yonkers. The stakes were 800,
and after lighting forty four rounds IN
two hours and Hity. Ave minutes with
small gloves, victory perched on Reagen's
banner.
The victor 10 20 years old, stands 5 feet
|61 inches high, and weighs, in condition,
14U pounds. He 10 q native of this city,
and is pupil OF tho celebrated Mike
Donovan. He has been familiar to visi-
tors TO sparring exhibitions, and not long
since fought Fred Woods, of Philadel
phis, soft glove contest at Mallahan's
Apollo Hail In Williamsburg. This
was the first time he contested with small
gloves.
Files is also q New York boy by birth,
though he bias spent most of tue later
years OF his life In Chicago, where he was
the. protege OF PArson Davis, and in
Philadelphia. He is SO years old, stands
( o feet ~ inch.s tall and weighs 14O
pounds. He was handled by Leonard
, Trace, while Reagen was squirrel BY All
Powers.
The battle was one OF the mos. deeper
ate and holly contested Of any fought In
this vicitity for years.
Both were very cautious at first and
Files got In the first good blow, smash
In the mouto. Jack moment later
evened up matters by straight punch on
Files nose. The second and third rounds
were mainly spent by the men In tempt
ing to draw each other into leading.
Files nearly closed Reagents right eye
with left handed punch in the third
| round, but he received several rib roasters
in payment.
From the fourth to the twenty-Gfth
round the men did u good deal Of hard
lighting. Files planted Highlander on
! keagen's ribs In the sixth round that was
a corker. Files also flo0rcd his man like
| n shot in the eighth round and won first
blood in the ninth. In the tenth the men
fought like furies. beagen cut u terrible
cash in one Of Files cheeks, besides
knocking him down, aud they were as
bloody as butchers when sent to their
corners. The fighting WIS pretty eye n
until the nineteenth round, when Files
planted pile driver between Reagents
eyes that nearly sent him abroad. He
WAS partly dazed Tor a moment, but he
fought away unit time was called.
In the twenty.sixth round Files hit
hard, but was terribly cross. couL tered
He would not be denied, however, and
smashed Reagen SO ha' d that he knocked
him into his own corner ami played hob
with the bucket, bottles and other traps
there. Reagcn returned TO the charge
and Files was sent over tie ropes. Boil
! were tired with teeir exertiuns and but
little effective work was done until tho
thirty fourth round, in which Files wa.
sent over the ropes. Reagen threw hit
man in the forty first round and as File,
came up Reagen gave him right-handel
tn It knocked him back half across the
ring. File was getting weak and 1t was
evident that. barring fluke, he was done
Tor. His hands hal given way and he
was merely coming up in the bope that 8
lucky accident might turn the tables his
way. Reagen had matters all his owr
/ way up to the forty -iouth round, when
he settled Files by smash that sent him
through the ropes. He was ''out," fol
he could not be reused within ten seconds
and R5agen WAS declared the winner.